The Southern Essays of Richard M. Weaver / edited by George M. Curtis, III and James J. Thompson, Jr.
FOREWORD xi
PREFACE xv
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxi ONE
"Work with the Word": Southern Literature and Thought
1 THE TENNESSEE AGRARIANS (1952) 5
2 THE SOUTHERN PHOENIX (1963) 14
3 AGRARIANISM IN EXILE (1950) 29
4 CONTEMPORARY SOUTHERN LITERATURE (1959) 50 TWO
"The Contemplation of These Images": The South in American History
5 TWO TYPES OF AMERICAN INDIVIDUALISM (1963) 77
6 TWO ORATORS (1963) 104
7 THE OLDER RELIGIOUSNESS IN THE SOUTH (1943) 134
8 ALBERT TAYLOR BLEDSOE (1944) 147
9 SOUTHERN CHIVALRY AND TOTAL WAR (1945) 159
10 LEE THE PHILOSOPHER (1948) 171 THREE
"Discipline in Tragedy": The Southern Tradition for an American Future
11 THE SOUTH AND THE REVOLUTION OF NIHILISM (1944) 183
12 ASPECTS OF THE SOUTHERN PHILOSOPHY (1952) 189
13 THE SOUTHERN TRADITION (1964) 209
14 THE SOUTH AND THE AMERICAN UNION (1957) 230 INDEX 257
Richard M. Weaver (1910–1963) was one of the leading figures in the post-World War II development of an intellectual, self-conscious conservatism. His thought and his appreciation of liberty were rooted in his understanding of Southern history. He believed that Southern values of religion, work ethic, and family could provide a defense against the totalitarian nihilism of fascist and communist statism.
This collection of fourteen essays demonstrates George Core's point that "few writers of the South rival Richard Weaver in comprehensiveness of vision and depth of thought."
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